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Sudden Reversal: Experts Say Microsoft Could Win
News He pointed out that even if Microsoft used what might appear as unfair tactics to block Navigator, as long as the Court of Appeals concluded that Netscape could effectively distribute the browser there would be no antitrust violation.
[February 28, 2001, 14:50]
A Year Ago: DOJ Asks For $1m A Day Fine On Microsoft
News The department is asking the court to fine Microsoft $1 million for every day it is in violation. Microsoft Corp.is in violation of its 1995 consent decree. In a complaint filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, the department asked the...
[October 20, 1998, 6:29]
Hurdles Lie Ahead For Microsoft
News They have been found by the full panel of the DC Court of Appeals to have illegally maintained their monopoly in violation of the Sherman Act. Microsoft dodged the breakup order issued by US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, but the court...
[July 2, 2001, 8:50]
Contract Arguments Reanimate SCO Dispute
News SCO's first contract violation lies in its failure to comply with requirements to supply Novell with information about licensing activities regarding versions of Unix System V, Novell argues. The second violation arises from a provision in the...
[August 1, 2005, 9:30]
VeriSign Slapped Again Over Redirection
News A federal district court judge on Thursday threw out VeriSign's legal arguments that a ban on the tactic by the group responsible for managing the Internet's infrastructure amounted to a violation of United States antitrust law.
[August 27, 2004, 8:25]
Mitnick Gets 46 Months, £2,558 Fine
News Monday's sentence was governed by a plea agreement between Mitnick and his prosecutors, and will run on top of the 22 months he already received for cell phone cloning and a probation violation, for a total of 68 months in prison.
[August 10, 1999, 9:39]
Microsoft Rejects Argument Against Appeal
News In its Wednesday legal brief, Microsoft reiterated its contention that Jackson's violation of the codes of conduct governing judges' behaviour warrants Supreme Court review. While Microsoft asks for consideration from the nation's highest court...
[September 13, 2001, 10:43]
Microsoft Asks Supreme Court To Take Case
News Microsoft respectfully submits that the district judge should have been disqualified as of September 1999, the date of his earliest known violation" of codes governing the conduct of federal judges, the legal brief states.
[August 8, 2001, 9:21]
Antitrust: Microsoft Makes Case For Delay
News As this Court observed, the extraordinary pattern of misconduct engaged in by the district judge--which began two months before entry of the findings of fact and six months before entry of the conclusions of law--created an appearance of...
[August 15, 2001, 9:34]
No Backdown From CSIRO Over Wi-Fi Patents
News February 2005: CSIRO lodges a suit against Buffalo Technology for alleged patent violation in the Eastern District of Texas Court as a test case for its patent November 2006: CSIRO has its patent upheld by the Eastern District of Texas Court in its...
[October 2, 2007, 11:14]
Prosecutors Reverse Stance On Cybercrime Conviction
News The original conviction by US District Judge Lourdes G Baird determined that, by revealing a flaw in a system's security, a researcher could be accused of harming the system, a violation of computer crime laws.
[October 17, 2003, 11:30]
Court Rejects Microsoft Bid For Delay
News Whether a showing of actual bias is necessary to disqualify a judge as of the date of his earliest known violation of (the codes of conduct governing judges' behavior) is an important issue of law that is fundamental to the further conduct of...
[August 17, 2001, 16:58]
Judges Split Over Microsoft Ruling
News The court can use two separate legal standards to determine whether tying Internet Explorer to Windows is a violation of antitrust law, said Lande. The appellate judges overseeing the latest phase of the Microsoft antitrust case are divided over...
[February 27, 2001, 7:13]
Apple Snaps Up Top IBM Chip And Blade-server Exec
News Papermaster's employment by Apple is a violation of his agreement with IBM against working for a competitor should he leave IBM. IBM is suing Papermaster to prevent him from joining Apple and divulging trade secrets related to IBM's Power chips and...
[October 31, 2008, 7:25]
Jackson Pulled Into Throes Of MS-DoJ Fray
News More time on relief would help the government and could indicate there must be a violation," he said. The appeals court hearing Microsoft's antitrust appeal gave the company something it didn't ask for -- another crack at US district judge Thomas...
[February 7, 2001, 10:28]
Court Sides With Microsoft In Sun Lawsuit
News The Appeals Court has said] 'Judge Whyte, even if you conclude on reexamination that this is not copyright, you can decide whether as a contractual matter you can enter this injunction because Microsoft is in violation of the license'," Day said.
[August 24, 1999, 8:12]
HMV, OD2 Sued Over Download Patent
News We believe these activities are in clear violation of our patents. The UK lawsuits were filed last month in the Patents County Court of London, and the Dutch lawsuit in the District Court of The Hague.
[September 4, 2003, 14:00]
Google Dismisses Viacom Copyright Claims
News YouTube, which Google acquired last year for $1.65bn in stock, is protected from charges of copyright violation under the Hosting Safe Harbor of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Kwun said. In an official response filed with US District...
[May 1, 2007, 9:51]
Jackson Steps Down From Microsoft Discrimination Case
News The June 2000 lawsuit alleges that Microsoft engaged in widespread discriminatory and retaliatory practices in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For this reason, he granted Microsoft's request for recusal and returned the case...
[March 14, 2001, 7:36]
Microsoft Fires Back At Sun In Java Case
News In a court filing, the software giant asked a judge for attorney's fees and damages to cover what it characterised as Sun's unlawful violation of a settlement inked in an earlier lawsuit over the Java programming language.
[February 24, 2003, 8:10]
